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The Journal of William Dowsing Iconoclasm in EastAnglia during the English Civil War Edited by Trevor Cooper The Ecclesiological Society The Boydell Press Contents List of plates ix List of text figures xiii List of maps xiv List of tables XV Notes on the contributors xvi Foreword by the Secretary of the Council for the Care of Churches xvii Editor's Preface xix Note on dates and prices xxi Outline chronology xxii Abbreviations xxiv William Dowsing 1 William Dowsing and the administration of iconoclasm in the Puritan revolution JOHN MORRILL 1 2 Dowsing's homes JOHN BLATCHLY 29 Dowsing in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk 3 William Dowsing in Cambridgeshire ROBERT WALKER 34 4 Dowsing at Cambridge University TREVOR COOPER 47 5 Dowsing's arguments with the Fellows of Pembroke S. L. SADLER 56 6 Dowsing's deputies in Suffolk JOHN BLATCHLY 67 Iconoclasm elsewhere in EastAnglia 7 Brass, glass and crosses: identifying iconoclasm outside the Journal TREVOR COOPER 89 8 In search ofbells: iconoclasm in Norfolk, 1644 JOHN BLATCHLY 107 9 Iconoclasm in other counties of the Eastern Association TREVOR COOPER 123 viii Table of contents About the Journal 10 The history and nature of the Journal TREVOR COOPER 138 11 The text of this edition TREVOR COOPER 146 THE JOURNAL OF WILLIAM DOWSING 149 Edited by TREVOR COOPER Notes: for Suffolk, by JOHN BLATCHLY; for Cambridge University, and Great and Little St Mary's, by ROBERT WALKER and TREVOR COOPER; for Cambridgeshire parish churches, by ROBERT WALKER Appendices 1 William Dowsing: his immediate family 323 2 A possible portrait of William Dowsing 324 3 Dowsing's collection of Parliamentary sermons 327 4 Jacob Caley: a Dowsing associate in Ipswich 334 5 The Parliamentary Ordinances 337 6 The Earl of Manchester: a biographical note 345 7 Dowsing's commissions from the Earl of Manchester 349 8 Parish records 351 9 Bell damage in Norfolk and Suffolk 381 10 Discovering visitors in churchwardens' accounts 384 11 The chronology of iconoclasm outside the Journal 388 12 How much glass was destroyed? 391 13 How many brasses were damaged? 396 14 How many churches in Suffolk were visited? 409 15 Long after Dowsing: forgery and pastiche 413 16 Questions 418 Glossary 420 Notes 423 Bibliography 503 Index to objects and images in the Journal 521 General index 523.

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